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Balenciaga Gets a Standing Ovation the Hard Way

Lester Brathwaite — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:54:11 +0000

This morning editors came crashing to the floor at Balenciaga’s spring 2012 show thanks to some faulty chairs but on the bright side, everyone was already on their feet by the time Nicolas Ghesquière took his bow.

Photo: NYT

According to Style File: “The Traina sisters reportedly jumped when they heard the first crack, others found themselves flat on the floor after the benches, supporting the likes of Mario Testino, Catherine Deneuve, Carine Roitfeld, and Style.com’s Nicole Phelps, broke.”

Everyone stood their ground, however — note Vogue‘s Hamish Bowles, Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington dutifully in the front row — and the reaction was favorable with Anna Dello Russo remarking via Twitter that it was an “amazing” show and likening the experience to church.

Amen, fashion. [Style File]

Photo: NYT

Angelina Jolie Eschews Glamour, Shoes for Louis Vuitton

Lester Brathwaite — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:30:35 +0000

Angelina Jolie‘s latest ad for Louis Vuitton is not your usual “actress as the face of” campaign. She’s in Cambodia, wearing her own clothes, not wearing a shoe or a stitch of make-up (I’ll believe that one when I see it) and she’s carrying her very own LV bag, which isn’t even in production anymore.

The new ad, shot by Annie Liebovitz and debuting this Wednesday, is part of Vuitton’s “Core Values” campaign. Starting in 2007, “Core Values” attempts to reach a broader audience while emphasizing the luxury brand’s travel roots.

Other celebrities that have showed their values for Louis V include Sean Connery, Keith Richards, Bono and Catherine Deneuve. Jolie’s ad will run for at least 18 months and will include an interview online at louisvuittonjourneys.com/cambodia in which she will talk about Cambodia, the plight of the Third World, blah, blah, blah — I get it, you’re better than all of us.

Meanwhile, it looks like LV basically shelled out a reported $10 million just to hang out with Angelina Jolie on a wooden boat in the middle of nowhere. An “undisclosed portion” of which, naturally, went to charity. [WWD]

ADDICT: Amber Valletta for Nars Spring 2010

Rebecca Alexander — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:35:43 +0000

Supermodel Amber Valletta is the new face of the Spring 2010 Nars ads. The collection is inspired by French actress Catherine Deneuve’s role as Lucille in the movie La Chamade.

LINK LOVE: NY Mag via Beauty Anonymous

Louis Vuitton Donates for Earth Day

Saynt — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:48:00 +0000

: Daniel Lalonde of LV North America

Louis Vuitton decided to donate 15 percent of all sales from its U.S. Web site that day to The Climate Project, the non-profit organization founded by Al Gore.

They first partnered with The Climate Project in 2007, when it started
making donations on behalf of some of the personalities in Vuitton’s
Core Values advertising campaign.

The campaign has featured the
likes of Catherine Deneuve, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, Sean Connery,
Keith Richards and Francis Ford and Sofia Coppola.

“Over the
past few years Louis Vuitton has voluntarily made efforts to reduce the
impact of its activities on the environment,” Daniel Lalonde, president
and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton North America said. “In
addition we are proud to be able to support The Climate Project.”

LINKAGE: WWD

Scarlett Johansson arrives to the Louis Vuitton LOVE party for Oxfam America with Daniel Lalonde, president and CEO of Louis Vuitton North America, in New York, Thursday, May, 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)

Mag Hag: Kate Winslet Dec Issue of Vanity Fair

Rebecca Alexander — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:46:33 +0000

Kate Winslet channels French screen star Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour for the December 2008 issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands November 11.

“I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city and I think, I should make more of an effort. … But then I think, they can’t be happy in those heels!”

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